Can a direct IADL measure detect deficits in persons with MCI?

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-51

  Binegar, Dani L ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^a   Lacritz, Laura H ^a,b   Weiner, Myron F ^a,b,c   Cullum, C Munro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

IADL; Mild cognitive impairment; Texas functional living scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEXAS FUNCTIONAL LIVING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 62149110414     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156720509787313880     Document Type: Article

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